J. M. Synge Poems

J. M. Synge John Millington Synge
Born16 April 1871(1871-04-16)
Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
Died24 March 1909 (aged 37)
Elpis Nursing Home, Dublin, Ireland
Occupationnovelist
short story writer
playwright
poet
essayist
NationalityIrish
GenresDrama, fictional prose
Literary movementFolklore
Irish Literary Revival
InfluencesWilliam Butler Yeats
Seán O'Casey
William Wordsworth
InfluencedSamuel Beckett
Padraig Pearse
Peig Sayers
Seamus Heaney
Edmund John Millington Synge (April 16, 1871 – March 24,
1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He
was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for the play
The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots during its opening run at
the Abbey theatre. He wrote many famous stories like "Riders to the Sea" which
is often considered to be his best literary work.
Synge suffered from Hodgkin's disease, a form of cancer that was then
untreatable. He died just weeks short of his 38th birthday and was at the time
trying to complete his last play, The Last Black Supper.